| VERB | social | decolonize, decolonise | grant independence to (a former colony) |
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| Meaning | grant independence to (a former colony). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's" | |
| Synonym | decolonise | |
| Broader | liberate, set free | grant freedom to |
| Opposite | colonize, colonise | Settle as a colony |
| Spanish | descolonizar | |
| Catalan | descolonitzar | |
| Nouns | decolonization | the action of changing from colonial to independent status |
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